Get on the boat! We’re going to Lake Como! New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Adriana Trigiani is the consummate storyteller. The adored novelist, who’s also a celebrated screenwriter, producer, director, and podcast host, pays homage to her Italian roots in her fiction, consistently bringing both laughter and tears to her devoted readers ever since her debut twenty-five years ago with Big Stone Gap.
Her new novel is a fresh, contemporary, intergenerational must-read. The View From Lake Como, is everything an immersive summer read should be—it’s funny and heart-wrenching, with perfectly imperfect characters that readers will feel deeply connected to. With its vivid depiction of the complexities of familial relationships, the novel is a love letter to big Italian American families, Old World roots, and daughters who learn to live life on their own terms. It’s for anyone who finally wants to start living the life they’ve always dreamed of.
USA Today crowned Adriana Trigiani “one of the reigning queens of women’s fiction,” and The View From Lake Como promises to earn her the title of Queen of Italian American Literature. After all, she’s already been knighted—by Italian President Sergio Mattarella with The Order of the Star of Italy (Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia) for her outstanding contributions promoting good will and positivity about her family’s home country.
Doors open at 6 p.m. with music and a cash bar. The program begins at 7 p.m. and includes a Q&A and author signing event in the lobby. Each ticket includes a hardcover copy of The View From Lake Como ($29 value). Please note: signed books are only available at the live event.
Additional City Opera House transaction fees are applied at checkout.
Tier One indicates premium seating options with the best views, available on the main floor closest to the stage along with premium sections of the balcony.
Tier Two indicates standard seating options, available on the main floor and most of the balcony.
Individual Tickets
Tier One: $27 + $25 = $52
Tier Two: $17 + $25 =$42
Admits one person to the live event and each ticket comes with one signed hardcover edition of Adriana Trigiani’s The View from Lake Como (retail value $25). Please note: signed books are only available at the live event.
Two-Ticket Package
Tier One: $54 + $25 = $79
Tier Two: $34 + $25 = $59
This two-ticket option admits two people to the live event and comes with one signed hardcover edition of Adriana Trigiani’s The View from Lake Como (retail value $25). Perfect for couples or friends who want to share a book together. Please note: signed books are only available at the live event.
Student and Teacher Tickets: $10
No age restriction with a valid school ID, student and teacher tickets admit one person to the live event. Books are not included.
Group Tickets:
For discounted rates on ticket packages of 20 or more, please contact [email protected]
Doug Stanton is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of In Harm’s Way and 12 Strong, made into a major motion picture by Jerry Bruckheimer, and The Odyssey of Echo Company. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Time, The Washington Post, Men’s Journal, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Esquire, and Outside.
He was awarded the 2021 Steven Ambrose Oral History award. He attended Interlochen Arts Academy, Hampshire College, and received an MFA from the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. He created the National Writers Series in 2009 with his wife, Anne, and attorney Grant Parsons. He and Anne have three children and live in Traverse City.
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